Post Overview
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Current Event
5 years ago+4 4 0A Fairy-Tale Baddie, the Wolf, Is Back in Germany, and Anti-Migrant Forces Pounce
The wolf is “dangerous” and “breeds explosively.” The way some politicians talk about wolves sounds a lot like the way they talk about immigrants.
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How-to
5 years ago+22 22 0A beginners guide to marijuana
Curious about cannabis? Here, take a hit of this
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Current Event
5 years ago+11 11 0For Many Latino Players, Roberto Clemente’s Number Is Off Limits, Too
Only Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 has been officially retired across the majors, but many players have gone out of their way to not wear Clemente’s No. 21.
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Current Event
5 years ago+11 11 0David Brion Davis, Prizewinning Historian of Slavery, Dies at 92
In a revelatory trilogy, Professor Davis, called “one of the most influential historians of his generation,” placed slavery at the center of American history.
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Current Event
5 years ago+6 6 0Detroit-area Catholics permitted to eat muskrat
The permission dates to missionary history in the 1700s allowing Catholics to eat muskrat ‘on days of abstinence’
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Expression
5 years ago+10 10 0A Detroit bathhouse cleans up its act. Welcome to the Schvitz.
Can it be a Detroit spa destination?
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Expression
5 years ago+8 8 0MLB players love our caps. The people who make them for us deserve fair wages.
Why players are taking a stand on the long supply chain to the baseball diamond.
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Expression
5 years ago+17 17 0David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: "Things are going to get worse"
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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Analysis
5 years ago+19 19 0Home-plate umpires make the wrong call on a shocking 20% of pitches
That’s an average of 14 wrongly called strikes and balls in one baseball game.
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How-to
5 years ago+38 38 0 x 1Putting Premium Gas in an Engine That Requires Regular? Stop It Now
Only 18 percent of new cars require premium. The owners of the other 82 percent waste about $2 billion a year using a gas that provides no benefit.
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Analysis
5 years ago+23 23 0Fort Sumter
The opening shot of the Civil War was fired on Fort Sumter, 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861.
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Analysis
5 years ago+15 15 0To Wrest Back Rule of Law in Poland, Might EU Bureaucracy Finally Work?
A European Commission procedure may rein in a Polish government assault on rule of law, and might protect democracy elsewhere in the EU, too.
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Current Event
5 years ago+14 14 0Casimir Pulaski, Polish Hero of the Revolutionary War, Was Most Likely Intersex, Researchers Say
Disputed remains were the right height and age and showed injuries consistent with the general’s life. There was just one catch: “The skeleton looked very female.”
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5 years ago+10 10 0WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Is Arrested in London
Mr. Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in 2012. He faces a British charge of skipping bail and is wanted in the United States on charges of releasing secret documents.
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5 years ago+4 4 0New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines
Dubbed Homo luzonensis, the species is one of the most important finds that will be out in the coming years, one scientist predicts.
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Current Event
5 years ago+20 20 0Teachers’ strike causes problems for Poland’s Solidarity labor union
The government accuses strike leaders of playing politics ahead of this year’s elections.
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Current Event
5 years ago+18 18 0Richard Cole, Last Survivor of Doolittle Raid on Japan, Dies at 103
He was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the first airstrike against the Japanese homeland, an event that buoyed Americans still reeling from Pearl Harbor.
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Analysis
5 years ago+10 10 0The Diagnosis Is Alzheimer’s. But That’s Probably Not the Only Problem.
Most people with dementia have a number of brain abnormalities, not just Alzheimer’s disease. The finding is forcing scientists to rethink the search for treatments.
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Expression
5 years ago+18 18 0What Saving a Detroit Baseball Stadium Means for Black History
Preservationists are finally rallying to save what were once “the heartbeat" of black communities—like Hamtramck Stadium, the home of the Detroit Stars.
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Current Event
5 years ago+15 15 0Polish teachers threaten national walkout
The looming strike is a big problem for the ruling party ahead of the European election.